Sunday, June 15, 2014

How to Train Your Jump Street 2

A battle of the sequels 2014 edition! On one corner of the ring stands 22 Jump Street, the meta-ier than thou sequel to the already pretty meta 2012 comedy 21 Jump Street, an improbable critical and commercial success based on that 80s television show that famously steered Johnny Depp away from teen beat matinee idol mode. On the other side stands How to Train Your Dragon 2, the second outing of the 2010 animated hit that is the gold standard in every way for DreamWorks Animation. Let's get ready to rumble.

22 Jump Street- $60 million (opening weekend)

How to Train Your Dragon 2- $50 million (opening weekend)

Maleficent- $19 million / -44% / $163.5 million total

Edge of Tomorrow- $16.1 million / -43% / $56.6 million total

The Fault in Our Stars- $15.7 million / -67% / $81.7 million total

X-Men: Days of Future Past- $9.5 million / -37% / $205.9 million total

Godzilla- $3.1 million / -48% / $191.3 million total

A Million Ways to Die in the West- $3 million / -58% / -$38.9 million total

Neighbors- $2.4 million / -53% / $143 million total

Chef- $2.2 million / -13% / $14 million total

In the end, the R-rated, college bound hijinks of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill overruled a bushel of dragons (and Cate Blanchett, a superhero in her own right who voices a character in the Dragon sequel.) Never fear, Dragon fans (I myself was absolutely besotted with it- a review to come up soon, I hope!) as surely the film will hold well throughout the summer. Hopefully, it will snatch an Oscar as well but that's getting ahead of ourselves. What did you see this weekend?